<entry id="1127853" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
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<k_ele>
<keb>押っ取り刀</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>おっとり刀</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>おっとりがたな</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>making great haste, having been caught off guard</gloss>
<gloss>scurrying unprepared</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2006-02-07 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-03-30 00:01:24" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>richwarm</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Richard Warmington</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>1) 記者たちはおっとり刀で事故現場にかけつけた。
Caught with their pants down, newsmen rushed to the scene of the accident quite unprepared.
http://jukuu.com/jsearch.php?q=%E3%81%8A%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8A
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2) Meikyo: 急な事態に刀を腰にさすひまもなく、手に持ったままであること。
＞ 急な用事で、取るものも取りあえず急いで行くことの形容に使う。「〜で駆けつける」
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3) 押っ取りは「急いで手に取る」「勢いよくつかみ取る」ことを意味する「押っ取る」の連用形で、押っ（おっ）は「おっぱじめる」や「お
ったまげる」の「おっ」と同じ、動詞に付いて意味を強める「押し」の音変化である。
元々、おっとり刀は急な出来事で刀を腰に差す暇もなく、手に持ったままであることをいい、刀を使用しなくなった現代では、取るものも取らず
に急いで駆けつける形容として用いる。
http://gogen-allguide.com/o/ottorigatana.html
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4) "unprepared action" doesn't convey the meaning very clearly, I feel. 
It misses the extreme sense of urgency that is in 押っ取り刀.
5) "something done on the spur of the moment" makes it sound like something relatively casual, 
like impulse buying.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;おっとり刀&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -12,2 +15,5 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;unprepared action&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;something done on the spur of the moment&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;rushing to respond to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;making great haste, having been caught off guard&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-03-30 12:01:57" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think it's clear from usage that the modern sense is far more common.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5, etc.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,1 +15,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;rushing to respond to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;making great haste, having been caught off guard&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;scurrying unprepared&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -19,1 +20,1 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;making great haste, having been caught off guard&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-03-30 12:30:59" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>richwarm</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Richard Warmington</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>A stray right bracket.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -20,1 +20,1 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-03-30 22:10:38" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>